This research volume aims at outlining the substantial role of information asymmetry in agri-food chains and how building trust and mitigating this problem could enhance the performance of these chains. The supply chain covers a systemic sequence of linked companies with material and information exchange. Sharing information about capabilities, inventories, and needs is vital to streamline channels, reduce uncertainty, and enhance performance, but economic agents may be reluctant due to opportunism. Information asymmetry can cause problems in quality assurance and distort the supply chain's functioning. Building trust is crucial, and solutions include guarantees, standards, licensing, and hybrid governance. Trust and Supply Chains: Information Asymmetry in the Agri-Food Sector is based on real-world examples and case studies from the agri-food industry (cheese, apples, pasta and bakery, beef, organic products, and more), providing practical solutions to building trust and sharing information. It offers academics, practitioners, and advanced students a comprehensive overview of the various aspects of information asymmetry and trust in agri-food supply chains.
Trust and Supply Chains: Information Asymmetry in the Agri-Food Sector is based on real-world examples and case studies from the agri-food industry (cheese, apples, pasta and bakery, beef, organic products, and more), providing practical solutions to building trust and sharing information.
PART I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND TRUST IN
CHAINS
1. From Logistics to Supply Chain Management
2. Information,
Knowledge, and Organizational Learning in Supply Chains
3. Information
Asymmetry as a Challenge in Chain Governance
4. Fundamentals of Trust in
Interorganizational Relations
5. Solutions for Overcoming Information
Asymmetry and Enhancing Trust in Supply Chains
6. The Use of Information
Technology to Mitigate the Problem of Information Asymmetry in Supply Chains
PART II: EMPIRICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF INFORMATION ASYMMETRY AND TRUST IN
AGRI-FOOD CHAINS
7. Food Labeling as a Way to Address Trust and Information
Asymmetry Issues in Premium Cheese Supply Chains
8. Club Varieties and
Geographical Indications as Mechanisms Mitigating Information Asymmetry in
The Apples Supply Chain
9. Vertical Integration, Trust, and Information
Asymmetry in Quality Grain-Bakery Chains
10. Enhancing Consumer Trust in
Product Quality by Certification and Shortening the Beef Chain
11.
Information Sharing and Trust in Organic Agri-Food Chains
12. Information
Asymmetry and Trust in the Green Energy Chain Evidence from Biogas Sector
13. Blockchain and Non-Fungible Tokens Technology Application Evidence from
the Apiary Chain KEY INSIGHTS AND CONCLUSIONS
Micha Pietrzak is a highly accomplished economist and strategic management researcher and practitioner. He currently holds the position of Full Professor at the Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Additionally, he serves as Vice Chairman of the committee responsible for the university's strategy. Professor Pietrzak's research interests are centered around economics, with a particular focus on new institutional economics and hybrid organizations such as cooperatives, chains, and networks.
Joanna Domagaa (PhD) is Associate Professor in the Department of Logistics at the Institute of Economics and Finance at Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS), Poland. Her primary research interests include enterprise efficiency, internationalization, and globalization of the food industry sectors, logistics systems in agribusiness, management and planning of logistics in enterprises, and supply chain management.
Aleksandra Chlebicka holds a PhD in Economics. Currently, she is employed in the Institute of Economics and Finance of Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS), Poland. Her main research interests lie in the areas of business cooperation and interorganizational linkages, with a specific focus on the role of trust and social capital.
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